Powerball Lottery

Powerball is one of the biggest and most exciting lottery games available to New York residents. It regularly offers some of the largest prizes in the world and in January 2016 the jackpot reached an incredible $1.6 billion.

Powerball draws take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 22:59 EST. Ticket sales close at 22:00 EST on the night of each draw, reopening again after the winning numbers have been revealed. The Powerball results page is updated with the latest numbers straight after each draw has taken place.

How to Play Powerball

To enter Powerball, you must pick five main numbers between 1 and 69 and one Powerball number between 1 and 26. It costs $2 to buy one line, and you can either pick your own numbers or ask for a Quick Pick ticket which randomly generates a line for you. You must be at least 18 years of age to play Powerball in New York.

Power Play

You can opt to take part in the Power Play, for an extra $1 per line, which could double, triple, quadruple, quintuple or even decuple (10x) your lower-tier prizes ($50,000 or less) and double the Match-5 prize to $2 million.

Note, the 10x Power Play multiplier is only available when the jackpot is $150 million or less, and the biggest Power Play prize available is capped at $2 million.

Visit an official Powerball retailer

Pick five main numbers and one Powerball number, or ask for a Quick Pick ticket

Choose how many consecutive draws you would like to enter

Decide whether you want to add Power Play for an additional $1 per line

Powerball Prizes

You win the jackpot by matching all five main numbers and the Powerball. There is a guaranteed minimum jackpot worth $40 million, and prizes start from matching just the Powerball number.

There are nine different prize tiers available in the main draw, and a further eight when you include Power Play. There is no jackpot cap in place, so the top prize can continue to roll over until it has been won.

Prizes worth up to and including $600 can usually be claimed from an authorized ticket retailer, but you should double check with your store first. You can visit one of the Lottery Claim Centers to claim your prize if it is worth $601 or more. Jackpot winners should contact official lottery representatives as soon as possible.

Bigger Powerball prizes, including the jackpot, are subject to federal taxes in New York, and may also incur state taxes. You should speak to a tax professional to get some advice if you win a prize.

Odds of Winning

The overall odds of a winning a Powerball prize are 1 in 24.87, and your chances of winning in each of the individual prize tiers, to the nearest integer, are shown below:

Powerball Odds of Winning

Match

Prize

Odds

Match 5 + Powerball

Jackpot

1 in 292,201,338

Match 5

$1 million

1 in 11,688,054

Match 4 + Powerball

$50,000

1 in 913,129

Match 4

$100

1 in 36,525

Match 3 + Powerball

$100

1 in 14,494

Match 3

$7

1 in 580

Match 2 + Powerball

$7

1 in 701

Match 1 + Powerball

$4

1 in 92

Match 0 + Powerball

$4

1 in 38

Power Play Odds

The odds of each Power Play option occurring are shown below. Remember, the 10x multiplier can only occur when the jackpot is under $150 million.

Power Play odds

Power Play Multiplier

Odds when 10x is available

Odds when 10x not available

Match 10x

1 in 43

N/A

Match 5x

1 in 21.5

1 in 21

Match 4x

1 in 14.33

1 in 14

Match 3x

1 in 3.31

1 in 3.23

Match 2x

1 in 1.79

1 in 1.75

These are the estimated payouts available for ticket holders who have entered Power Play:

Power Play prizes

Match

Power Play x2

Power Play x3

Power Play x4

Power Play x5

Power Play x10

Match 5 and Powerball

Jackpot

Jackpot

Jackpot

Jackpot

Jackpot

Match 5

$2 million

$2 million

$2 million

$2 million

$2 million

Match 4 + Powerball

$100,000

$150,000

$200,00

$250,000

$500,000

Match 3 + Powerball or Match 4

$200

$300

$400

$500

$1,000

Match 2 + Powerball or Match 3

$14

$21

$28

$35

$70

Match 0 + Powerball or Match 1 + Powerball

$8

$12

$16

$20

$40

New York Powerball Winners

There have been nine jackpot-winning tickets bought in New York since The Empire State joined Powerball in 2010:

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